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  • MicroTCA – compact architecture offers design flexibility
    ATCA and AMC offer a level of open standards, high-level integration and flexibility that give telecom equipment manufacturers a higher level at which to start adding value.
    by Thanh Nguyen, Emerson Network Power
    (Boards and Solutions Magazine, February 2007)
  • AdvancedTCA Provides Foundation for Next-Generation Telecom Equipment
    ATCA and AMC offer a level of open standards, high-level integration and flexibility that give telecom equipment manufacturers a higher level at which to start adding value.
    by Thanh Nguyen, Emerson Network Power
    (RTC Magazine, August 2006)
  • The move towards ATCA, AMC and MicroTCA
    AdvancedTCA, AdvancedMC, and MicroTCA make it easier for NEPs (network equipment providers) and TEMs (telecom equipment manufacturers) to outsource their platform design.
    by Stuart Jamieson, Artesyn Communication Products
    (Boards and Solutions Magazine, June 2006)
  • Telecom Developer's Guide to Open Telecom Platforms
    Throughout the world, the requirements for new packet-based triple play and other enhanced services are driving the need for improved infrastructure. In order to satisfy that need, suppliers of telecom equipment are also looking to more flexible telecom platforms that enable them to reduce cost while speeding time to market. For many eqipment providers, this means a move away from in-house proprietary systems toward open platforms, such as PICMG 2.16, ATCA, AdvancedMC and MicroTCA.
    by Todd Wynia, Artesyn Communication Products
    (Internet Telephony Magazine, June 2006)
  • AMC Offers System Design Flexibility
    Developed as an enhancement to ATCA, the AMC standard has gone beyond its original function of lowering system costs. Its combination of performance and size allow it to be used, with the right framework, to develop powerful yet compact systems.
    by Todd Wynia, Artesyn Communication Products
    (Embedded System Engineering, May 2006)
  • ATCA, AdvancedMC and MicroTCA—the basics
    The future looks bright for telecom. Service providers are building out broadband packet networks in order to offer enhanced wireless, data, video and VoIP services. Meanwhile, telecom OEMs (TEMs) are working overtime to provide the equipment that service providers need to deploy these networks and services.
    by Todd Wynia, Artesyn Communication Products
    (EE Times, February 2006)
  • AdvancedTCA, AdvancedMC, and MicroTCA power next-generation telecom equipment
    Telecom Equipment Manufacturers (TEMs) are working overtime to provide the equipment that service providers need to deploy networks and services. As TEMs formulate their design and platform strategies, they must grapple with the age-old question of what to build in-house, and what to outsource. Historically, TEMs have built virtually everything in-house. More recently, though, deregulation has made the service and equipment landscape increasingly competitive, making it difficult to deliver homegrown equipment in a timely, cost-effective fashion. Utilizing open platforms like AdvancedTCA, AdvancedMC, and MicroTCA, OEM suppliers now offer a wide range of system level hardware and software that makes outsourcing both convenient and cost-effective.
    by Stuart Jamieson, Artesyn Communication Products
    (CompactPCI/ATCA Magazine, January 2006)
  • ATCA, AdvancedMC and MicroTCA—the basics
    ATCA, AdvancedMC, and MicroTCA address high-availability telecom applications, from core routers and WDMs, to converged customer premises equipment. Here's how to quickly deploy flexible, high-availability systems that bridge the PSTN and emerging packet networks.
    by Todd Wynia, Artesyn Communication Products
    (Network Systems Design, January 2006)
  • ATCA/AMC Set to Provide Flexible Platform for a Variety of High-Performance Applications
    AdvancedMC or Advanced Mezzanine Cards (AMCs) are poised to become a significant platform for a variety of high-performance, high-availability applications. They are designed primarily to provide flexibility for ATCA (Advanced Telecommunications Computer Architecture) that has been designed to provide high throughput, multi-protocol support, high power capability, hot swapability and integrated system management as a solid baseline telecom fabric.
    By Michael Franco, Engineering Manager, Artesyn Technologies
    (COTS Journal, March 2004)
  • ATCA/AMC: The Backbone for Telecom High Availability
    Built with telecom requirements squarely in mind, AdvancedTCA and Advanced Mezzanine Card form-factors offer a new plateau of High Availability...
    By Todd Wynia, Vice President of Marketing, Artesyn Technologies
    (RTC, March 2004)
  • AdvancedTCA and Advanced Mezzanine Cards provide standard foundation for next-generation telecom systems
    AdvancedTCA carrier boards equipped with Advanced Mezzanine Cards (AMCs) are poised to become the dominant platform for high-availability telecom applications. AdvancedTCA boards’ high throughput, multi-protocol support, high power capability, hot-swap ability, and integrated system management form an ideal baseline telecom fabric. AMCs enhance the flexibility of that fabric by enabling designers to customize, scale, upgrade, and service their AdvancedTCA-based telecom systems with a finer degree of granularity. AdvancedTCA and AMC come together in an optimal telecom platform that addresses major bandwidth, availability, field upgradeability, cost, scalability, management, and interoperability issues...
    By Todd Wynia, Vice President of Marketing, Artesyn Technologies
    (PICMG Resource Guide, 2004)
  • AdvancedTCA and AdvancedMC provide robust, scalable telecom platform
    The year of 2003 was the year of PICMG 2.16. 2004 will usher in a new era, establishing AdvancedTCA (PICMG 3.0) and Advanced Mezzanine Card (AdvancedMC, or PICMG AdvancedMC) as the dominant platform for high-availability telecom applications...
    By Jeff Durst, Director of Product Marketing, Artesyn Technologies
    (CompactPCI Systems, December 2003)